Sourcing and Procurement with SAP S/4HANA

Get all the essential details to set up and use SAP S/4HANA for sourcing and procurement! Follow step-by-step instructions to configure your system for operational and direct procurement, inventory management, contracts, product sourcing, and invoices. Learn how SAP S/4HANA integrates with SAP Signavio, SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass, and more. Then, expertly run your system after go-livesee how to get the most out of your new analytics features and customize your UI. Explore the future of sourcing and procurement!

Highlights include:
1) Source to pay (S2P)
2) Operational procurement
3) Automated and direct procurement
4) Inventory management
5) Contract management
6) Invoicing
7) External and product sourcing
8) Supplier management
9) Central procurement
10) Analytics
11) Integration

Third edition, updated and revised

Autorentext
Justin Ashlock has spent over half of his more than 20-year career in technology with SAP America, joining SAP's Professional Services organization in 2005, serving eventually as a platinum consultant, and then as the practice engineer for hundreds of global SAP customer projects and engagements supporting over $100 billion in procurement and logistics activities and pursuits worldwide. In 2013, Justin began managing the SRM cloud practice for SAP North America, focusing on SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement, Materials Management, SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), as well as SAP CLM and Sourcing. Since 2018, Justin also serves as the global practice lead for SAP's procurement solutions in parallel. Justin is also a longtime SAP PRESS author, having published two books (SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement and SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass: Functionality and Implementation), as well as two procurement chapters as a contributing author in Discover SAP, 3rd edition and an e-Bite entitled Introducing Central Procurement for S/4HANA. Justin holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. He resides in Chicago with his wife and two young sons.

Inhalt
... Foreword ... 21

... Preface ... 23

... Target Audience ... 24

... Objective ... 24

... Structure of This Book ... 24

... Acknowledgments ... 29

1 ... Introduction to Sourcing and Procurement ... 31

1.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement: From Basic to Strategic ... 31

1.2 ... Sourcing and Procurement from End to End ... 35

1.3 ... Procurement with SAP S/4HANA ... 40

1.4 ... Summary ... 49

2 ... Implementation Options ... 51

2.1 ... Implementation Overview ... 51

2.2 ... On-Premise SAP S/4HANA ... 60

2.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 69

2.4 ... SAP Ariba Central Procurement, Private Cloud Edition ... 71

2.5 ... Quick Start Approaches and Materials for SAP S/4HANA ... 74

2.6 ... Summary ... 82

3 ... Organizational Structure ... 83

3.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Organization Objects ... 83

3.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and ProcurementSpecific Organization Structure Objects ... 86

3.3 ... Company Code ... 87

3.4 ... Plants ... 90

3.5 ... Storage Locations and Warehouses ... 92

3.6 ... Purchasing Organizations ... 96

3.7 ... Purchasing Group Creation ... 100

3.8 ... Summary ... 100

4 ... Master Data ... 103

4.1 ... Material Masters and Material Groups ... 104

4.2 ... Batch Management and Serialization ... 115

4.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Partner Model ... 118

4.4 ... Summary ... 137

5 ... Operational Procurement ... 139

5.1 ... What Is Operational Procurement? ... 139

5.2 ... Self-Service Procurement ... 143

5.3 ... Requirements Processing in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement ... 156

5.4 ... Purchase Order Processing ... 159

5.5 ... Service Purchasing and Service Confirmation ... 161

5.6 ... Purchase Order Collaboration ... 162

5.7 ... Configuring Operational Procurement ... 163

5.8 ... Summary ... 186

6 ... Automated and Direct Procurement ... 187

6.1 ... What Is Automated and Direct Procurement? ... 187

6.2 ... Materials Requirements Planning ... 190

6.3 ... Forecasting and Planning ... 200

6.4 ... Contract and Source Determination ... 207

6.5 ... Configuring Automated and Direct Procurement ... 225

6.6 ... Industry-Focused Solutions for Direct Procurement ... 231

6.7 ... Integration with SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network ... 234

6.8 ... Summary ... 235

7 ... Inventory Management ... 237

7.1 ... What Is Inventory Management? ... 238

7.2 ... Stock Management in SAP S/4HANA ... 241

7.3 ... Goods Movements ... 244

7.4 ... Physical Inventory ... 274

7.5 ... Reporting in Inventory Management ... 283

7.6 ... Configuring Inventory Management ... 307

7.7 ... Summary ... 326

8 ... Contract and Scheduling Agreement Management ... 327

8.1 ... What Is Contract and Scheduling Agreement Management? ... 328

8.2 ... Contract Consumption ... 335

8.3 ... Contract Reporting and Analytics ... 338

8.4 ... Configuration ... 343

8.5 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 349

8.6 ... Customizing Scheduling Agreements ... 355

8.7 ... Integrating with SAP Ariba Contracts ... 359

8.8 ... Summary ... 360

9 ... Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly ... 361

9.1 ... What Is Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly? ... 361

9.2 ... SAP Fiori Apps for Enterprise Contract Management Overview ... 363

9.3 ... Customizing Enterprise Contract Management ... 374

9.4 ... Summary ... 389

10 ... External Sourcing ... 391

10.1 ... Sourcing Strategies ... 391

10.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 393

10.3 ... SAP Fiori Apps for External Sourcing ... 395

10.4 ... Configuring Request for Quotation ... 404

10.5 ... Configuring Flexible Workflow ... 411

10.6 ... Integration with SAP Ariba ... 418

10.7 ... Summary ... 418

11 ... Product Sourcing ... 419

11.1 ... What Is Product Sourcing? ... 420

11.2 ... Product Sourcing ... 423

11.3 ... Procurement Planning ... 433

11.4 ... Product Sourcing with Enterprise Contract Management ... 437

11.5 ... Product Sourcing and Commodity Pricing Engine ... 439

11.6 ... Quotation Management and Supplier Quotations ... 440

11.7 ... Mass Price Update ... 441

11.8 ... External Collaboration with Suppliers ... 442

11.9 ... Configuration Product Sourcing ... 445

11.10 ... Summary ... 450

12 ... Invoice and Payables Management ... 451

12.1 ... What Are Invoice and Payables Management? ... 451

12.2 ... Invoice Processing ... 452

12.3 ... Accounts Payable ... 477

12.4 ... Invoice and Payables Management Analytics and Reporting ... 491

12.5 ... Configuring Invoice and Payables Management ... 504

12.6 ... Integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Invoice Management by OpenText ... 520

12.7 ... SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 521

12.8 ... Taulia: Working Capital Management ... 522

12.9 ... Summary ... 524

13 ... Supplier Management ... 525

13.1 ... What Is Supplier Management? ... 525

13.2 ... Classification and Segmentation ... 530

13.3 ... Supplier Evaluation ... 534

13.4 ... Configuration ... 542

13.5 ... Summary ... 546

14 ... Centralized Procurement ... 547

14.1 ... What Is Centralized Procurement? ... 547

14.2 ... Central Requisitioning ... 552

14.3 ... Central …